Slave in a box : the strange career of Aunt Jemima / M.M. Manring.

"In Slave in a Box, M.M. Manring investigates why the troubling figure of Aunt Jemima has endured in American culture. The author traces the evolution of the mammy from her roots in Old South slave reality and mythology, through reinterpretations during Reconstruction and in minstrel shows and...

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Main Author: Manring, M. M., 1962-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia, 1998.
Series:American South series.
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Call Number: HF5813.U6 M25 1998
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